Where does “quintar” come from?
quintar (Catalan) comes from Arabic قِنْطَار, from Syriac qanṭīrā, from Greek κεντηνάριον, from Latin centenarium, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom.
quintar (Catalan): quintal
Definitions
- quintal
Ancestry of “quintar”, step by step
quintar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic قِنْطَار
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | قِنْطَار | {{l|en|hundredweight}} |
| 2 | Syriac | qanṭīrā | — |
| 3 | Greek | κεντηνάριον | — |
| 4 | Latin | centenarium | nominative neuter singular of centēnārius;... |
| 5 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 6 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Catalan quinta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | quinta | feminine singular of quint; a run of five... |
| 2 | Latin | quintanus | fifth-ranking; pertaining to the fifth |
| 3 | Latin | Quīntus | — |
| 4 | Latin | plicō | to fold, bend or flex; to roll up |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |